Peter Gustin is a lively man who is living the best of his life despite having a visual impairment. The man has millions of subscribers on YouTube and has been nothing but an inspiration for many people out there. In a recent bizarre incident, the social media star and the actor was left shocked after one woman in the gym decided to accuse him for staring at her and making her uncomfortable.
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Voice actor and social media star Pete Gustin has always been vocal about his visual impairment and has never let it hold him back in life.
Pete Gustin enjoys life to the maximum and apart from working as an actor, he also enjoys surfing, skateboarding, and wakeboarding.
However, something bizarre happened that made this blind man leave speechless after he was accused by a woman at the gym for staring at her and making her uncomfortable.
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The man has a whopping 1.29 million subscribers on YouTube, however, he's not necessarily recognizable when he's going about his daily life at the gym.
In one instance that he described in a TikTok video around nine months ago, the social media star recalled how a woman accused him of predatory behavior because she didn't realize he was blind.
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He began the clip by explaining: "I'm blind. If you know what those two words mean, then you're much smarter than the girl who was screaming at me at the gym."
"I'm standing there doing a tricep pushdown exercise and since I can't see I'm just kind of staring off into space doing my thing. Half-way through a set I start hearing footsteps that seem like they're coming in my direction getting closer and closer," Gustin described.
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"Until all of a sudden, this woman is right up in my face going 'I didn't come here to be stared at'," he recalled.
The voice actor tried to explain, saying: "'Ohhhh, I'm sorry, I'm blind'." While this may have been a sufficient explanation for many people, the woman responded by saying that she didn't care and asked him again to stop staring.
After slamming Gustin, the woman stormed off and returned shortly after with the gym manager.
Gustin had to show the bizarre duo his ID card to confirm that he is a blind man but the situation only became impossible when the manager continued to side with the woman, according to the actor, they replied: "Okay, but you still can't make other gym members uncomfortable by looking at them."
Baffled, Gustin shared the story in a TikTok titled: "I was not staring at you. I promise," which has racked up over 18 million views.
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Many on the internet found Gustin's story absolutely hilarious, while others were more concerned with figuring out why they recognized his voice.
The voice actor has appeared on the likes of CBS, Fox News, ESPN, NFL, Cartoon Network, Fox, Comedy Central, and Major League Baseball.